la-libertine: haitianparadise: Haitian Symbol of Justice Photograph taken by Robin Baldwin in the office of the Minister of Justice and Public Security Judge McEdume Kenson, June 2009 Haitian Jistis (“Justice”) is not only blind, but the balance between right and wrong weighs on her head. Tell Roman-derived Lady Justice, who holds her scale in her hands, to try that and see how much her followers’ immorality has cost humankind. And that’s why Westerners like to place her scale down and away from eye-level: they can leave proper judgment and moral consequences to someone else.

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Haitian Symbol of Justice

Photograph taken by Robin Baldwin in the office of the Minister of Justice and Public Security Judge McEdume Kenson, June 2009

Haitian Jistis (“Justice”) is not only blind, but the balance between right and wrong weighs on her head.

Tell Roman-derived Lady Justice, who holds her scale in her hands, to try that and see how much her followers’ immorality has cost humankind. And that’s why Westerners like to place her scale down and away from eye-level: they can leave proper judgment and moral consequences to someone else.

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